U+FD13 "ﴓ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Alef Maksura Final Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FD13 "ﴓ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Alef Maksura Final Form is a typographic ligature that combines the Arabic letter Ain (ع) with the letter Alef Maksura (ى) in their final position, representing a single cohesive glyph used in certain calligraphic traditions and orthographic contexts. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block and is primarily employed in specialized text rendering or decorative writing, where the ligated form enhances visual harmony and preserves traditional script conventions. It should not be confused with standard Unicode representations of individual characters, as its use is limited to specific stylistic or archival applications rather than general text composition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FD13 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Ain with Alef Maksura Final Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Final |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﴓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﴓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB4 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFD13 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FD13 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufd13 |